Is It Better To Have An Open Or Closed Adoption? For adoptive parents, there are practical reasons for choosing an open adoption. For starters, most birth mothers prefer going this route since it gives them more of a say in the process. The other advantage is that it meets the needs of a child better
When Did International Adoption Start? The wide spread of international adoption began in 1955, when Henry and Bertha Holt, an evangelical couple from rural Oregon, secured a special act of Congress enabling them to adopt Korean “war orphans.” These children of Korean women and American GIs had been stigmatized or abandoned because of their visible
Are Open Adoptions Successful? But it isn’t new. And it’s more common than you think. Adoption Options has been facilitating successful open adoptions since 1985, and has brought together over 1700 families through this process. Most of the fears we hear from people are based on myths or lack of understanding of the adoption process.